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| '''Death''' || 29 Oct.1860 || Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA ||  || <sup class="reference">[3][4]</sup>
 
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! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
 
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| Annie Hockenberry || F ||  || ||[[Jonathan Wimer]] || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Annie Hockenberry || F ||  || ||[[Jonathan Wimer]] || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| Joseph Hockenberry|| M || 1 || ||  ||resident of Butler || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Joseph Hockenberry|| M || b.16 Jan 1814<br>died || 1)Eliza Kennedy d. 1878 6 children<br>Mrs. Mary J. Lepley, d. 1883 ||  ||"eldest son"; res. Worth Twp., Franklin Twp., Butler.|| <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| Catherine Hockenberry ||F ||  || || J. J. Baker || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Catherine Hockenberry ||F ||  || || J. J. Baker || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| Hannah Hockenberry || F || || || [[William Gallagher]] || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Hannah Hockenberry || F || || || [[William Gallagher]] || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| Effie Hockenberry || F ||  || || Joseph Forrester ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Effie Hockenberry || F ||  || || Joseph Forrester ||  || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| Mahala Hockenberry || F || || || Sheplar Boston || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Mahala Hockenberry || F || || || Sheplar Boston || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| William Hockenberry || M || || ||  ||died ~1895 || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| William Hockenberry || M || || ||  ||died ~1895 || <sup class="reference">[1][2]</sup>
 
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| Mary Hockenberry|| F ||  || || Elijah Rolls || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Mary Hockenberry|| F ||  || || Elijah Rolls || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 
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| '''[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|''History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895'']]''',p. 1246 Casper Hockenberry, Sr., second son of [[John Hockenberry|John]] and [[Hannah Kelly|Hannah Hockenberry]],  born in Perry county in 1785, came with his parents to Butler county, about 1810 located on Muddy creek, in Worth Twp.; 200 acres; died Oct. 29, 1860. Married Margaret Shaffer; lists children & spouses.<br>p. 610 re. Worth township. "Robert Glenn and his large family settled on the Hockenberry claim in 1810, and '''Casper Hockenberry''' located on the north bank of Muddy Creek the same year."
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| '''[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|''History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895'']]'''.<br>Pg. 1246 '''Casper Hockenberry, Sr'''., second son of [[John Hockenberry|John]] and [[Hannah Kelly|Hannah Hockenberry]],  born in Perry county in 1785, came with his parents to Butler county, about 1810 located on Muddy creek, in Worth Twp.; 200 acres; died Oct. 29, 1860. Married Margaret Shaffer; lists 8 children:  Annie who married Jonathan Wimer; Joseph, a resident of Butler; Catherine, wife of J. J. Baker; Hannah, deceased wife of William Gallagher; Effie, wife of Joseph Forrester; Mahala, wife of Sheplar Boston; William, who died recently in Worth township, and Mary, wife of Elijah Rolls.
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<br> Pg. 1246 '''Joseph Hockenberry''', eldest son of Casper & Margaret Hockenberry was born Jan 16, 1814...His first wife was Eliza Kennedy, a dau. of David Kennedy.  She died in 1878 leaving 6 children (named); His second wife was Mrs. mary J. Lepely who died in 1883.  See full text.
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<br>Pg. 610 re. Worth township. "Robert Glenn and his large family settled on the Hockenberry claim in 1810, and '''Casper Hockenberry''' located on the north bank of Muddy Creek the same year."
 
| <div style="text-align: center">[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|transcript]]</div>
 
| <div style="text-align: center">[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|transcript]]</div>
 
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| '''[[Source: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry|Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry]]''', research manuscript by Edith & Horace Renick, 1975.<br> Pg. 14:  '''Casper Hockenberry''' b. 1785 Cumberland Co., PA ( became Perry Co.,1830); d, 29 Oct. 1860 Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA; married ''Margaret Shaffer'' b. 1788, d. 1852.  Both buried Lower Mt. Zion. Second son of [[John Hockenberry|John Hockenberry Sr.]], '''Casper''' was a farmer in Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA.  (Lists children &s pouses, same as found in 1895 History of Butler Co. PA; see above)
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| '''[[Source: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry|Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry]]''', research manuscript by Edith & Horace Renick, 1975.<br> Pg. 14:  '''Casper Hockenberry''' b. 1785 Cumberland Co., PA ( became Perry Co.,1830); d, 29 Oct. 1860 Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA; married ''Margaret Shaffer'' b. 1788, d. 1852.  Both buried Lower Mt. Zion. Second son of [[John Hockenberry|John Hockenberry Sr.]], '''Casper''' was a farmer in Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA.  (Lists children & spouses, same as found in 1895 History of Butler Co. PA; see above)
  
 
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|''' ''1883 History of Butler County'' ''' by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago. p. 365, re. Brady Township:  "[[John Hockenberry]] came from Eastern Pennsylvania with [[Peter Hockenberry|his family]] about the year 1804.  He died in the neighborhood where he first settled, in the ninety-ninth year of his age.  Names of his children: John, '''Caspar''', Joseph, Jonathan, Betsey (Buchanan), [[Jane Hockenberry|Jane (McCandless)]], Anna (Woolum), and Ellen Graham.  '''Caspar''' married Margaret Shaffer.  He died in Worth Township.  Six of his children are living in this county."
 
|''' ''1883 History of Butler County'' ''' by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago. p. 365, re. Brady Township:  "[[John Hockenberry]] came from Eastern Pennsylvania with [[Peter Hockenberry|his family]] about the year 1804.  He died in the neighborhood where he first settled, in the ninety-ninth year of his age.  Names of his children: John, '''Caspar''', Joseph, Jonathan, Betsey (Buchanan), [[Jane Hockenberry|Jane (McCandless)]], Anna (Woolum), and Ellen Graham.  '''Caspar''' married Margaret Shaffer.  He died in Worth Township.  Six of his children are living in this county."
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|''' Gravestone transcriptions, Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery''', Oct 2006 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams.<br>Joseph Hockenberry Jan 16, 1814 - Mar. 13, 1905. <br> Mary Jane wife of Jos. Hockenberry died Nov. 14, 1883 in the 50th year of her age.
 
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| '''Personal correspondence''' from [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|Elizabeth Wilson Williams]].
 
| '''Personal correspondence''' from [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|Elizabeth Wilson Williams]].
 
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* Gravestone transcriptions, Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery, June 2007: Casper A. Hockenberry  June 11, 1870 - Aug 26, 1916. Relationship not known
 
=Research Wishlist=
 
=Research Wishlist=

Revision as of 13:19, 24 October 2007


NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR

Casper Hockenberry is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways:


Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 1785 Cumberland (now Perry) Co., PA [2][3]
Marriage Margaret Shaffer [2][3][4]
Death 29 Oct.1860 Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA [3][4]

Ancestry chart segment 

 Generation 7           Generation 8           Generation 9
  
                                           +-- Peter Hockenberry
                                           |   (~1718-~1811)
                    +-- John Hockenberry --+
                    |   (1741-1839)        |
 Casper Hockenberry --+                    +-- [unknown]
 (1798-1850-60)     |                           (????-????)
                    +-- Hannah Kelly
                        (????-~1803)

Sources: [2][3][4]

Children

(all children with Margaret Shaffer)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Annie Hockenberry F Jonathan Wimer [2]
Joseph Hockenberry M b.16 Jan 1814
died 		1)Eliza Kennedy d. 1878 6 children
Mrs. Mary J. Lepley, d. 1883 		"eldest son"; res. Worth Twp., Franklin Twp., Butler. [2]
Catherine Hockenberry F J. J. Baker [2]
Hannah Hockenberry F William Gallagher [2]
Effie Hockenberry F Joseph Forrester [2]
Mahala Hockenberry F Sheplar Boston [2]
William Hockenberry M died ~1895 [1][2]
Mary Hockenberry F Elijah Rolls [2]

Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources

Photo Gallery


Sources

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
1 1850 United States Federal Census , Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA.
Pgs. 25 & 26: In the two dwellings just prior to Jane McCandless, widow, and the household of her son John M. McCandless, are the households of Joseph Hockenberry and William Hockenberry. Joseph Hockenberry is age 64, married to Elizabeth. William Hockenberry is age 33, married to Delilah.
Joseph Hockenberry is an uncle of Jane "Jennie" McCandless, who in this 1850 census appears as the widow of "Swamp" James McCandless. Joseph Hockenberry is the brother of her mother, Jane Hockenberry. William Hockenberry may be a cousin of Jane "Jennie" McCandless, a son of her uncle Casper Hockenberry.
1850 census pa butler franklin pg 25.jpg
1850 census pa butler franklin pg 26.jpg


2 History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895.
Pg. 1246 Casper Hockenberry, Sr., second son of John and Hannah Hockenberry, born in Perry county in 1785, came with his parents to Butler county, about 1810 located on Muddy creek, in Worth Twp.; 200 acres; died Oct. 29, 1860. Married Margaret Shaffer; lists 8 children: Annie who married Jonathan Wimer; Joseph, a resident of Butler; Catherine, wife of J. J. Baker; Hannah, deceased wife of William Gallagher; Effie, wife of Joseph Forrester; Mahala, wife of Sheplar Boston; William, who died recently in Worth township, and Mary, wife of Elijah Rolls.


Pg. 1246 Joseph Hockenberry, eldest son of Casper & Margaret Hockenberry was born Jan 16, 1814...His first wife was Eliza Kennedy, a dau. of David Kennedy. She died in 1878 leaving 6 children (named); His second wife was Mrs. mary J. Lepely who died in 1883. See full text.


Pg. 610 re. Worth township. "Robert Glenn and his large family settled on the Hockenberry claim in 1810, and Casper Hockenberry located on the north bank of Muddy Creek the same year."

3 Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry, research manuscript by Edith & Horace Renick, 1975.
Pg. 14: Casper Hockenberry b. 1785 Cumberland Co., PA ( became Perry Co.,1830); d, 29 Oct. 1860 Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA; married Margaret Shaffer b. 1788, d. 1852. Both buried Lower Mt. Zion. Second son of John Hockenberry Sr., Casper was a farmer in Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. (Lists children & spouses, same as found in 1895 History of Butler Co. PA; see above)
4 1883 History of Butler County by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago. p. 365, re. Brady Township: "John Hockenberry came from Eastern Pennsylvania with his family about the year 1804. He died in the neighborhood where he first settled, in the ninety-ninth year of his age. Names of his children: John, Caspar, Joseph, Jonathan, Betsey (Buchanan), Jane (McCandless), Anna (Woolum), and Ellen Graham. Caspar married Margaret Shaffer. He died in Worth Township. Six of his children are living in this county."
5 Gravestone transcriptions, Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery, Oct 2006 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
Joseph Hockenberry Jan 16, 1814 - Mar. 13, 1905.
Mary Jane wife of Jos. Hockenberry died Nov. 14, 1883 in the 50th year of her age.
6 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
N/A

Source notes

Conjecture

  • Gravestone transcriptions, Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery, June 2007: Casper A. Hockenberry June 11, 1870 - Aug 26, 1916. Relationship not known

Research Wishlist

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